Piers Sellers' NASA T-38 Flight Gloves
Piers Sellers' NASA T-38 Flight Gloves
Leather palmed gloves worn by astronaut, Piers Sellers, when flying in NASA Northrop T-38 Talon jet aircraft.Piers wore these gloves as he flew in T-38s whilst training for his Space Shuttle missions. During long days flying to the Kennedy Space Center from the Johnson Space Center carrying out test work and procedural evaluation on the hardware he later installed on the International Space Station, he could see the Shuttle launchpad he would go on to use from his T-38 cockpit.
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Object number
2017-3
Location
Artefact Store
Has this object been into space?
No
Material
Nomex
Leather
Associated Organisation
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Associated Person
Piers Sellers
Object Production Date
Circa 1996
On Display Status
Not on display
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